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Grant v. Naylor
Grant v. Naylor. Letter of credit. — Execution of commission. A letter of credit addressed, by mistake, to John and Joseph, and delivered to John and Jeremiah, will not support an action by John and Jeremiah for goods furnished by them to t
Pollard v. Dwight
*Pollard and Pickett v. Dwight et al. Foreign attachment. — Qi/rcuit cowrt. — Covenant of seisin. — Lcrnd lam of Virginia. — Pa/rol evidence. The appearance of the defendants to a foreign attachment, in a circuit court of the United States,
Higginson v. Mein
*Higginson v. Mein. Confiscation. The act of Georgia confiscating the estate of a mortgagor, is no bar to the claim of the'mortgagee, a British merchant, whose debt was only sequestered during the war. The estate of the mortgagor only was c
Stead's executors v. Course
Stead’s executors v. Course. Tax-sale. A collector, selling land for taxes, must act in conformity with the law from which his power is derived; and the purchaser is bound to inquire, whether he has so acted. It is incumbent on the vendee,
Ramsay v. Lee
*Ramsay v. Lee. Title to slaves. In Virginia, in 1784, no gift of a slave was valid, unless in writing and recorded, although possession accompanied the gift. Qucm-e ? Whether five years’ possession is alone a good title, to enable a plaint
Spires v. Willison
Spires v. Willison. Slavery. By the act of assembly of Virginia of 17B8, no gift of a slave was valid, unless in writing and recorded; but parol evidence may be given of the existence of a deed of gift, to show the nature of the possession
Young v. Bank of Alexandria
* Young v. Bank of Alexandria. District of Columbia. An appeal or writ of error lies from the judgments of the circuit court of the District of Columbia, to this court, in cases where the Bank of Alexandria is plaintiff, and the judgments b
Peisch v. Ware
*Peisch and others v. Ware and others. United States v. Cargo of the Ship Favourite. Salvage. — Mistalee.—Forfeiture. Wine and spirits saved from a wreck and landed, are not liable to forfeiture, because unaccompanied with such marks and ce
United States v. Gurney
United States v. Gurney and others. Damages. — Pleading. B. in Philadelphia, agreed to pay to A.’s agent 170,000 guilders, in Amsterdam, on the 1st of March; and if he should fail so to do, then to repay to A. the value of the said guilders
Blaine v. The Ship Charles Carter
The Charles Carter. Blaine v. The Ship Charles Carter and Donald & Burton, and others, Claimants. Bottomry. If the obligee of a bottomry-bond suffer the ship to make several voyages, without asserting his lien, and executions are levied upo
Mountz v. Hodgson
Mountz and others v. Hodgson & Thompson. When error Ues. Quiere ? Whether the mayor of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, is a justice of the peace of the county of Washington ? Whether a writ of error will lie to the refusal of the c
Chappedelaine v. Dechenaux
*Chappedelaine, residuary legatee, and Closriviere, administrator de bonis non of Chappedelaine, complainants, v. Dechenaux, executor of Dumoussay, defendant. Plea of account stated. If an account stated be pleaded in bar to a bill in equit
Alexander v. Harris
* Alexander v. Harris, bailiff of Crammond. Pleading a/nd practice in replevin. An averment of a demise for three years, is not supported by proof of a lease for one year certain, and two years further possession, on the same terms, by cons
Rose v. Himely
Rose v. Himely. Jurisdiction of foreign court of admvralty. If a claim be set up under the sentence of condemnation of a foreign court, this court will examine into the jurisdiction of such court; and if that court cannot, consistently with
Pawling v. United States
*Pawling and others v. United States. Denwrr&r to evidence. — Delivery in escrow. Upon a demurrer to evidence, the testimony is to be taken most strongly against him who demurs, and such conclusions as a jury might justifiably draw, the cou
McIlvaine v. Coxe's Lessee
*McIlvaine v. Coxe’s Lessee. Alienage. On the 4th of October 1776, the state of New Jersey was completely a sovereign and independent State, and had a right to compel the inhabitants of the state to become citizens thereof. A person born in
Marshall v. Delaware Insurance
Marshall v. Delaware Insurance Company. Marine insurance. — Abandonment.—Loss by captwre. The right of the insured to abandon and recover for a total loss, depends upon the state of the fact, at the time of the offer to abandon, and not upo
Fitzsimmons v. Newport Insurance
Fitzsimmons v. Newport Insurance Company. Marine insurance. — Breach of bloclcade. Persisting in an intention to enter a blockaded port, after warning, is not attempting to enter it. Quiere? Whether a foreign sentence of condemnation be con
United States v. The Schooner Betsey & Charlotte
The Betsey and Charlotte. United States v. The Schooner Betsey and Charlotte and her Cargo. Admiralty jurisdiction. — Answer.—Evidence. All seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made
Ex parte Lewis
Ex parte Lewis and others. Compensation of jwrors. The jurors in civil cases, attending the circuit of the United States, for the Pennsylvania district, are entitled to one dollar and twenty-five cents each, for each day’s attendance. In th
Matthews v. Zane
Matthews v. Zane. Appellate jurisdiction. If two citizens of the same state, in a suit in a court of their state, claim title under the same act of congress, this court has an appellate jurisdiction to revise and correct the judgment of tha
Morgan v. Callender
*Morgan v. Callender. Appellate jurisdietion. An appeal lies from the district court of the United States, for the territory of Orleans, tc this court. Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe United States for tbe territory of Orleans, in a s
Shearman v. Irvine's Lessee
*Shearman v. Irvine’s Lessee. Statute of limitations. The act of limitations of Georgia does not require an entry into lands within seven years after the title accrued, unless there be some adversary possession or title, to be defeated by s
Dawson's Lessee v. Godfrey
Dawson’s Lessee v. Godfrey. Alienage. A person bom in England, before the year 1776, and who always resided there, and never was in the United States, is an alien, and could not, in the year 1793, take lands in Maryland, by descent, from a
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